once a year, usually when i’m traveling for the holidays, i take up knitting for a bit. i inevitably do a few projects before reverting to sewing as my medium of choice for creative expression.
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babies come with hats
my husband and I love the west wing. we named our cat after one of the characters (chairman percy fitzwallace) and entered our wedding reception to the theme song, to confusion of most of our guests (and delight of a select few).
Read Morehoneycomb butterfly top
but wait, there are more flower girl fabric leftovers!
i used was able to squeeze one more piece out of the lovely honeycomb fabric from fabric depot I used for the garden party dress and mini southport dress: an oliver + s butterfly top in the 12 - 18 month size.
Read Morearrow baby dress
baby clothing continues!
what to make for a baby girl whose dad is a big hunter? something out of the cotton + steel arrow print of course!
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our friends recently had a baby girl, so i whipped up this little top for her to wear next summer.
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when a lovely coworker has a baby girl on your birthday a special gift is in order!
Read Morea lil’ man chambray
another baby boy, another oliver + s sketchbook shirt.
unlike my previous renditions of this pattern (here, here, and here) i decided to make this one from a chambray (which I got from stonemountain & daughter on my birthday as mentioned here) for two reasons:
1. it’s this couple’s first baby and chambray is a gender neutral choice. you know just in case a girl comes along later.
2. the father of this baby wears a lot of chambray button down shirts, so now they can be twins.
Read Morea messy kid bib
quick post on something I whipped up for baby wesley!
one of the oldest fabrics in my stash is this whale laminated oilcloth I bought back in cambridge at gather here in 2012. having never sewn with oilcloth before I was looking for an easier pattern that would provide lots of instruction and up my odds of a successful result.
cue the little things to sew book from oliver + s.
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about a year ago I got an invitation to a baby shower for the wife of victor's cousin. I RSVPed, put it on my calendar, and figured in the months to come I would have plenty of time to make something.
then I got distracted by wedding planning and realized 24 hours before the shower I didn't have anything. so i turned to my stash and a tried and true oliver + s pattern.
Read Morefloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee
too much of a good thing? rubbish.
for the holidays victor asked me to put together a wish list of things his family could get me. one of the items i listed was three yards of this beautiful bee print from the cotton + steel mustang collection.
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